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PHY 3030 - Electomagnetic Waves and Optics (3)

When Offered: On Demand
A rigorous introduction to wave and geometric optics with applications including lasers, interferometers, spectroscopy, telescopes, fiber optics, and remote sensing.  Electromagnetic wave theory is developed from Maxwell’s Equations and applied to describe the interaction of visible electromagnetic radiation with matter.  Other topics include polarization, refraction, reflection, absorption, dispersion, and Fourier optics.  Geometric optics is employed to study image formation by optical systems using both ray-tracing and matrix optics methods.  Wave optics is used to study interference, diffraction, and coherence.
Prerequisites:  Minimum grade of “C” (2.0) in PHY 2020  and PHY 2110  required.